Reality Simulations Incorporated (RSI) is a game company in
Tempe, Arizona, USA, that publishes and runs
play-by-mail games.
History
Founded by Paul W. Brown III and Charles Kraver in 1984, the company runs several commercial play-by-mail (PBM) games, including ''
Duel2
''Duel II'' (also known as ''DUEL2''), formerly ''Duelmasters'', is a play-by-mail game run by Reality Simulations, Inc. (RSI), where players, called managers, design and run up to five warriors per team against other managers. The game, origin ...
'' (previously called ''Duelmasters''), ''
Hyborian War
''Hyborian War'' is a play-by-mail game published by Reality Simulations, Inc. It takes place during the Hyborian Age in the world of Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. The game has been continuously available for worldwide play ...
'', first published in 1985, and ''
Forgotten Realms: War of the Avatars''. The company previously ran the PBM games ''The Next Empire'', initially published by Cyborg Games, and ''
Alamaze
''Alamaze'' is a computer-moderated, fantasy, turn-based game. It was published in 1986 by Pegasus Productions as a play-by-mail game. Reality Simulations later took over game moderation. The game itself has been played with multiple versions. Th ...
'', initially published by Pegasus Productions. The company stated in 1993 that there were over 3,000 people playing RSI PBM games, which included, at the time, ''Duelmasters'', ''Hyborian War'', and ''The Next Empire''.
In the Nov/Dec 1996 issue of ''Paper Mayhem'' magazine, RSI tied for third place in its list of the Best PBM companies of 1996.
List of games
* ''
Duel2
''Duel II'' (also known as ''DUEL2''), formerly ''Duelmasters'', is a play-by-mail game run by Reality Simulations, Inc. (RSI), where players, called managers, design and run up to five warriors per team against other managers. The game, origin ...
''
* ''
Hyborian War
''Hyborian War'' is a play-by-mail game published by Reality Simulations, Inc. It takes place during the Hyborian Age in the world of Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. The game has been continuously available for worldwide play ...
''
* ''
Forgotten Realms: War of the Avatars''
See also
*
List of play-by-mail games
References
External links
Terrablood's PBM ArchivesInfo and data for fans of the play-by-mail games Duel II, Forgotten Realms, and
Hyborian War
''Hyborian War'' is a play-by-mail game published by Reality Simulations, Inc. It takes place during the Hyborian Age in the world of Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. The game has been continuously available for worldwide play ...
from Reality Simulations, Inc
Road of Kings: A Hyborian War Players ForumCoordinates with Reality Simulations in setting up Organized Games
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